With a new preface by the authors

Hailed as a breakthrough in the understanding of human evolution, The History and Geography of Human Genes offers the first full-scale reconstruction of where human populations originated and the paths by which they spread throughout the world. By mapping the worldwide geographic distribution of genes for over 110 traits in over 1800 primarily aboriginal populations, the authors charted migrations and devised a clock by which to date evolutionary history. This monumental work is now available in a more affordable paperback edition without the myriad illustrations and maps, but containing the full text and partial appendices of the authors' pathbreaking endeavor.

L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza is Professor of Genetics at Stanford University, Paolo Menozzi is Professor of Ecology at the University of Parma, andAlberto Piazza is Professor of Human Genetics at the Medical School of Turin University.

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"This is the most comprehensive treatment of human genetic variations available.... It will likely play an important role in future research in anthropological genetics.... An impressive display of synthesis and analysis."--Science

"This is the most comprehensive treatment of human genetic variations available. . . . An impressive display of synthesis and analysis."--Science

"This long-awaited magnum opus is a major contribution to our knowledge of human genetic variation and its distribution on a global scale."--American Scientist

"A landmark in biology. There is nothing of its kind. . . . It represents an essential historical source for all human biologists, guaranteeing its importance in evolutionary biology."--American Journal of Human Genetics

"A magisterial survey of what is known about the distribution of human genes. . . . This book is a milestone in the pursuit of human evolutionary history."--New Scientist

"A landmark in the study of human evolution."--Trends in Genetics

"A crowning achievement, a compendium of a career's work, and a sourcebook for years to come. . . . a landmark publication, a standard by which work in this field must be judged in the future."--American Journal of Human Biology

2.1. Paleoanthropological background
2.2. Early quantitative phylogenetic studies
2.3. Analysis of classical markers in forty-two selected populations
2.4. Analysis of DNA data
2.5. Comparison with archaeological data
2.6. Comparison with linguistic classifications
2.7. Importance of expansions in human evolution
2.8. Extent of genetic variation by FST analysis
2.9. Genetic variation and geographic distance
2.10. Maps of single genes
2.11. Synthetic maps of the world
2.12. Homozygosity
2.13. Correlations with climate
2.14. Area and time of origin of major mutants, with special attention to hemoglobins
2.15. A brief summary of human evolution

CHAPTER 3. Africa

3.1. Geography and environment
3.2. Prehistory and history
3.3. Linguistics
3.4. Physical anthropology of modern Africans
3.5. Genetic analysis of the continent
3.6. Ethiopians, some of their neighbors, and North Africans
3.7. Khoisanids
3.8. Pygmies
3.9. Black sub-Saharan Africans
3.10. Studies of single genes
3.11. Synthetic maps of Africa
3.12. Summary of the genetic history of Africa

CHAPTER 4. Asia

4.1. General introduction, geography, and environment
4.2. Prehistory and history in North Asia
4.3. Prehistory and history in Middle and Central Asia
4.4. Prehistory and history in East Asia
4.5. Prehistory and history in Southeast Asia
4.6. Prehistory and history in South Asia
4.7. Prehistory and history in West Asia
4.8. Linguistics
4.9. Physical anthropology
4.10. General genetic picture of Asia
4.11. Genetics of the Arctic
4.12. Genetics of East and Central Asia
4.13. Genetics of Southeast Asia
4.14. Genetics of South Asia (the Indian subcontinent)
4.15. Genetics of West Asia
4.16. Geographic maps of single genes
4.17. Synthetic maps of Asia
4.18. Summary of the genetic history of Asia